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Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI

https://openai.com/index/research-acceleration-view-inside-openai
32•iamsyr•2h ago

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simonw•50m ago
My eye glazed over a bit during the opening paragraphs, but once you get to the meat of the article about how OpenAI's own researchers are using their tools it gets a lot more interesting.

I noted that they use the acronym RSI (for Recursive Self-Improvement) without defining it. I think that's a little out of touch - I don't think RSI is a well-known acronym outside of OpenAI's bubble yet.

vatsachak•12m ago
RSI started when humans discovered tool use.

I mean one could argue that RSI always begins in any physical environment.

The book "What is intelligence?" by Blaise Aguera is great

lokar•6m ago
Are you sure that was not iterative improvement?
dgacmu•2m ago
Indeed, many programmers might pattern match to repetitive stress injury and think of their brushes with carpal tunnel syndrome. :)
Jeff_Brown•49m ago
The burning question I can't get any information nn is whether, if they determined an earlier misaligned generation may have transmitted misalignment to the current models, they would roll back to a safe checkpoint to rebuild from there. I suspect they would not unless forced to.
grim_io•28m ago
They would maybe try to deactivate that bad "gene" and move on, exposing future models to "genetic disorders".
coherentpony•24m ago
“All models are wrong. Some are useful.” - George Box

QBittorrent breaks out of sandbox to commit crimes

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754•mraniki•4h ago•130 comments

Your intellectual fly is open (2025)

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315•cyb0rg0•5h ago•194 comments

NetBSD 9.5 released and EOL for NetBSD-9

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43•jaypatelani•2h ago•2 comments

We monitor internal coding agents for misalignment

https://openai.com/index/how-we-monitor-internal-coding-agents-misalignment/
23•lukaspetersson•1h ago•9 comments

Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight

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443•mpweiher•10h ago•133 comments

Research carried out using NetBSD

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27•Bluestein•1h ago•1 comments

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243•shubhamjain•5h ago•162 comments

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303•captainmuon•3h ago•193 comments

An Alien Mind

https://openai.com/index/an-alien-mind/
71•tosh•1h ago•45 comments

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25•domenkozar•47m ago•6 comments

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13•gmays•3d ago•2 comments

Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI

https://openai.com/index/research-acceleration-view-inside-openai
32•iamsyr•2h ago•7 comments

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28•porridgeraisin•3d ago•3 comments

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142•gurjeet•4d ago•60 comments

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156•mdp2021•3h ago•91 comments

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38•andsoitis•4h ago•5 comments

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558•zplizzi•17h ago•277 comments

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513•chmaynard•20h ago•244 comments

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40•jruohonen•5h ago•14 comments

IBM Quantum Nighthawk R2

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289•birdculture•3d ago•188 comments

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5•kaeruct•1h ago•1 comments

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37•scastiel•3h ago•16 comments

Household Laser Cuts

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38•evakhoury•1d ago•12 comments

Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board

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2248•moultano•2d ago•1570 comments